Now that the invitations have been officially sent out, I am super excited to share them here on the blog!
I love paper invites sent through the mail, but I was running a touch behind and mail service in Chicago isn't always reliable so rather than risk them being lost in the mail, I decided to do e-mail invitations. I've seen Paperless Post and I love the idea of e-mailed cards and invitations that feel more special than e-vites.
While I found a couple suitable options on Paperless Post, I had too strong a vision of what I wanted on the invitations so I decided to tackle them myself because I am that delicate balance of crazy and challenge-seeking.
So here's how I did it:
- I created the gemstone background by photographing little gemstones on white poster board.
- I designed the actual invitation in photoshop, using the gemstones as the background and adding in the text to the right.
- I cut a quick envelope liner, glued it in, and then photographed the envelope in various positions: facing up, facing down, and open. I photographed it on white poster board.
- In photoshop, I copied the envelope onto the gemstone background and made jpegs for the envelope in each position.
- I added the invitation file to these jpegs.
- Using this tutorial, I turned these various files into a gif on photoshop.

So far the response has been pretty great! This just may become my new go-to invitation style. It's convenient yet still retains that special touch of paper stationery.
To see more of this year's "You're a Gem" Galentine's Day party preparations and to see last year's "Parks and Rec Inspired" party, click here!
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